Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Séssera Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 132168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Séssera Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trivero

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	None	Prehnite
Pyrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Si Te Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Melonite Mica None Prehnite
Pyrite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Prehnite ()*	Schorl ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70405,70406	8803
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	70405,70406	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	70405	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70405,70406	8173
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	70405	451
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	70405	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70405,70406	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	70405	767
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70405	1898
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70404	2705
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	70405,70406	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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